We spend a couple of days in Poland, just over the border with Czech Republic in a Spa resort, and doing from there day trips all around.Lots of sledging the first couple of days, and Oliver even tried some skiing. We’ve also visited some nice rock formations, and a castle […]
For a very long time I wanted to forge my own axe, and recently I had the chance to do so. Together a with a good friend we signed up for a workshop axe forging at a blacksmith shop.Some parts where easy, some parts difficult, and I made one big […]
For a while we wanted a bench in the garden, one of those rustic ones.When I was in Holland visiting relatives and friends, I was able to buy these rusty side parts from a farmer. Together with some cut to size beech, the bench is now again ready to be […]
My chainsaws are always on the ground and in the way, time to make a rack where they can hang on the wall.
For the upcoming Dutch Bushscraft weekend mid September, I wanted to make a small grill / cook setup where my friends and I can prepare our food on between and after the workshops that are given there.The sink is an old one, quite thick material, not one of those flimsy […]
Together with Tim an 8 day hike, with loads of fishing. We did not catch much, and at the end of the hike a local told us it is due to being too early still, they expect the fishing to be good 2 weeks later. Anyway, we had fun, had […]
In this video I am showing my titanium wood stove, plus the mods I made on another one to make it more multi-person friendly.All is in Dutch language, but the video should be clear enough to understand whats happening, and if not, send an email.
Together with Mirek into our favorite forest for a relax hike.Traditionally Mirek found another bomb, but this one was already defused.Other then that just relaxing, and enjoying the free time.
From some scrap wood I made a wine / whisky rack for on the wall, as a housewarming gift for my friends.
The fabric 1.0 oz Hyper D ripstop nylon was bought at ripstopbytheroll.com. The hammock itself weighs 163 grams.The treehuggers weighs 77 grams. The spreaderbars are quite heavy, 673 grams. And the making of:
The fabric 1.0 oz Hyper D ripstop nylon was bought at ripstopbytheroll.com. Hammock itself weighs 187 grams, and complete with suspension and treehuggers it weighs 383 grams.
For a long time I wanted to have a skrama, but the handle material is what always stopped me from buying it. So last week I decided to forge one from an old rasp. The rasp was 7mm thick so with lots of hammering I got it down to an […]
Last year I sold my modified Polish Lavvu, where I attached a skirt to create more usable space. Reason was purely the weight. I’m not a camper but a hiker, so I wanted something lighter. Around the same time I was able to buy a second hand Shangri La 3 […]
Two friends from Holland came over and we headed over to the mountains to the north east of Czech Republic, bordering with Poland. It’s a beautiful area, quite rocky here and there. We slept in hammocks, breakfasts from the stoves, dinners from the fires, and most of the time we […]
For our grilling corner we wanted a small table where we could put the food and drinks on during grilling / cooking on the fire. I’ve seen a few pics of tables with axes as legs but with the bit sticking out above the table. With a small kid around […]
With my little cousin we did some metal detecting, in the hope to find some nice old coins. No coins where found, but we did find a big bullet. In this field I found previously several the same bullets as well as casing of it. I offered him to clean […]
With the group of Orion aka The Hiking Rejects, and some close friends, we did a 3 day hike in springtime, through a beautiful part of Czech Republic.
Making a multi-functional axe for my hiking trips. Long and heavy enough to cut down a tree, short and light enough for processing fire wood, and customized head for easier handling during carving.
Making the ultimate food bag for outdoor trips from all leftover materials I had from previous projects and a discarded backpack.
A friend of mine asked me to make this for him. It should be a double bit, leather wrapped, decorated axe. This is how it turned out.